A look at the Linksys WRT150N Wireless-N Router Security Features

A look at the Linksys WRT150N Wireless-N Router Security Features

The Linksys Wireless-N Router has a number of safety features. The security features include WEP, PSK Personal (WPA) and PSK Personal (WPA2). This article will explain the features of WEP. The explanation is not very technical, but more practical for everyday decisions.

WEP security is the oldest of the home router. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP is a serious fault. And 'possible to carry out the attackwith a personal Computer, off-the-shelf hardware and software available for free as Aircrack-ng and not crack WEP key in one minute or less. One could say that would use a solution of the problem, the higher bits. However, it is possible to recover a 104 bit WEP key with a probability of 50% with just 40,000 captured packets. Available for 60,000 data packets, the success rate of 80% and the success rate of 95% for 85,000 data packets. Using active techniques like "deauth" and "ARPRe-injection ", 40,000 packets can be captured less than a minute in good conditions. The actual calculation is about 3 seconds and 3 MB of main memory on a Pentium-M 1.7 GHz and can be further optimized for devices with CPU be slow. same attack can be used for 40-bit key with a probability of success even greater.

In 2005 a group from the FBI showed a crack a WEP-protected network in 3 minutes with tools that are available to the public.

Fortunately,there is a solution to the weaknesses of WEP. The PSC-technologies in the form of WPA and WPA2 offer a much more secure.